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 mystique [mis'ti:k]   添加此单词到默认生词本
n. 神秘的气氛, 奥秘, 秘诀



    mystique
    [ noun ]
    an aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing
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    mystique \mystique\ n.
    1. An aura of reverence or mystery stemming from feelings of
    high value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or
    thing; as, the Kennedy mystique.
    [WordNet 1.5]

    2. The aura of mystery surrounding the esoteric knowledge and
    skills required in certain occupations, or the power of
    those possessing those skills; as, the mystique of the
    astrophysicists.
    [PJC]

    1. As their mystique is gradually stripped away, they will doubtless have to justify themselves and their actions far more in the face of growing critical scrutiny.
    2. "There's a certain mystique about the Texas Rangers.
    3. Much of her power and mystique derives from her secretiveness.
    4. "After all, stage doors have such mystique attached to them."
    5. While many academics criticise accountants for creating a profession shrouded in mystique and self-interest, they are doing exactly the same in their own work - with one important difference.
    6. "We'd lose our mystique if we went modern," he declares.
    7. But regulars figure a stint in Siberia is a small cost for exposure to the restaurant's mystique, grounded, like its camaraderie, in its colorful history.
    8. But other works are disturbing, unraveling a violent homosexual mystique for an unsuspecting audience.
    9. "One is the dividend, and the other is this mystique around AT&T that if the payoff isn't this year, it's next year.
    10. But no matter what the new management achieves, it will never recreate NFC's lost mystique.
    11. Going too far to quantify reader response could diminish magazines' mystique, making sponsors view ads as more of a commodity.
    12. He called it Coca-Cola, and a legend was born. Part of that legend rests on the mystique that surrounds the Coca-Cola formula.
    13. Mr. Atwater's pattern of relationships with powerful older men is balanced by his mystique among younger followers.
    14. William Guthrie, now a free-lance writer living in Idaho, said the ads continued despite his objections because Brown thought they lent an air of mystique to the publication.
    15. For different people it has a different pull, but anyone who has not felt that gravitational attraction has not really understood the spell of catholicism, with all its mystique of priestcraft, ancient rituals and certainty.
    16. We want it to be discovered." The company is using this approach so the beer retains its mystique, he said, and part of the promotion includes a description of the beer's heritage in western Wisconsin.
    17. Camel-mounted troops of the fabled Arab Legion enhanced their prestige and mystique.
    18. Latigo officials argue that Mr. Lee didn't understand "the cowboy mystique" of Montanans and tried to organize the drive as if it were a political campaign.
    19. "At the time we had only daughters," explains the 72-year-old patriarch, "so we had to close the bank." Much of the family's mystique remained.
    20. He debunks the mystique of truffle hunting and he tells you everything worth knowing about pastrami down to its post-Ottoman etymology (RD2 is very good on pastrami also).
    21. Castro's mystique is such that anyone who judges his support based on Cuba's economic indicators is using the wrong approach.
    22. Those days, Coors had all the advantages a brewer could want: a beer with mystique and momentum, owing in large part to its light taste and its limited availability.
    23. I think it's a reason we've done well; part of our mystique, if you will."
    24. "The benefit is that it takes the mystique and elitism out of the law and puts the law on a level of everyman," said James Goodale, a New York attorney and media specialist.
    25. "There are very few towns in the United States that have that Western mystique," he said.
    26. The SAT has long held a mystique as an educational barometer, a test supposedly able to objectively predict college success.
    27. (Keys says he hates filing and so reads and discards nearly every paper put before him.) The Keys mystique has yet to impress taxpayers, however.
    28. Those seeking to deal with fraud must begin by casting aside any mystique and focusing on the unpleasant underlying reality.
    29. "But if your primary audience is sophisticated, you can benefit from a name that has mystique."
    30. Col. Bill Orcutt says the jet carries considerable mystique despite its vintage.
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